Colorado · Census place 0849875
Meeker, Colorado
Meeker is a town in Rio Blanco County, Colorado with an estimated 2,390 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 108th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,390
- #108 of 149 in Colorado
- Change since 2020
- +0.5%
- +13 people
- Land area
- 3.6 sq mi
- Density
- 666 / sq mi
- State median 1,848
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Meeker population, 2020 to 2024
Meeker added 13 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +9.
Meeker covers 3.59 square miles of land, for 666 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Meeker is less dense than the typical town.
What county Meeker is in
All of Meeker's residents live in Rio Blanco County, which had 6,607 residents in 2024. Meeker holds 36.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Meeker
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Meeker by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 81641. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Meeker is
The Census internal point of Meeker is at 40.050000, -107.894600. Denver, the capital, is 155.7 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rifle, CO (10,663 people), 36.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Boulder, CO, 139.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.050000, -107.894600
- DMS
- 40°03'0.00"N 107°53'40.56"W
- UTM
- 13N 253079.9E 4437322.0N
- Geohash
- 9x57bfcs1
- Plus code
- 85GJ3424+25
Daylight in Meeker
At 40.05° N, Meeker gets about 15 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 42 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Meeker
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is Rifle, 36.0 miles away, with 10,663 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Meeker, CO?
2,390 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 13 (0.5%) from 2,377 in July 2020.
What county is Meeker in?
Rio Blanco County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Meeker?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 81641.
How far is Meeker from Denver?
155.7 miles (250.6 km) in a straight line, heading E from Meeker.
What is the nearest larger city to Meeker?
Rifle, CO, with 10,663 residents, 36.0 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.